> userland support with little burden for both Linux and respective user > software maintainers. Certainly it adds some bloat to the kernel, but I > think it is not an option that should be outright dismissed without > consideration.

Nobody normally builds for 386 (and you need the big FPU emulator etc tooand pay a big penalty for the lack of working WP bits) so it wouldn't bea big penalty if you can actually find an i386 user any more ;)